Peiping, June 16.
fe mounting in' educational girdes here that, the supremacy of Japanese influence in North China will soon have a most serious effect fon Peiping, China's cultural and educational capital, Any such Snterference, it ip, pointed out, would disrupt the work of a dozen universi= les and thousands of students, Reports that the Japanese had demanded the removal of the national universities to south China have not been substantiated, in' spite of frequent complaints by' Japanese authorities "at the alleged anti-Japanese sentiment of the students. University authorities, itis known, fare nevertheless considering the possibility of their eventual removal to the south, because of the apparent Imposeibility' of carrying on under the anticipated Japanese supervision.
The prevailing nervousness shared by Tsinghua University, which derives its support from the American Boxer Indemnity Fund, fand by Yenching University, sup: ported by American missionary enterprise. Both institutions were stirred to-day by an official visit from the chairman of the Tokyo Sino-Japanese Cultural Society and the principal of the Tientsin Sino-Japanese Middle School. The visitors looked over the buildings and equipment, and inquired about the currie ula, of Yenching University, ina. state-De, J, Lelehton, Stuart, president ment to the United Press, declared, "There ig no indication yet of anything but military movements, hope" he continued, "that there will be no further encroachment here. I hope that the Japanese military' officials, having satisfied themselves regarding what they consider necessary changes in Chinese control of the situation, will permit the continuance of cultural and educational work here, as before.'
Students of Yenching University peared depressed and nervous, and apparently disinclined to. indulge in the customary collegiate enthusiasm—United Press,
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